Author: Andra

This morning, a launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO has launched a total of 31 satellites from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC). The primary satellite of the PSLV – C43 mission is HysIS – an earth observation satellite developed by …

The MOVE-II and PWSat-2 CubeSats – both manifested on the ISILaunch20 mission – have been successfully accommodated into their QuadPack-canister, following the smooth operations of both teams of fit-checking the satellites and making them flight-ready.

Today we received two of our launch customers at our facilities in Delft. The representatives of the Finnish Reaktor Space Lab and the Polytechnical University of Catalunya from Spain participated in the integration activities of their satellites into the QuadPack deployer. The 2-unit Reaktor and 1-unit 3Cat-1 CubeSats will share …

Exactly 5 years ago to the day, Innovative Space Logistics (ISL) had a ‘first’, namely that it launched its customers for the first time on a Chinese launch vehicle, more precisely the LongMarch-2D. Following a highly effective integration and launch campaign executed under the lead of ISL’s Chinese partner, two …

Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS) and a dedicated team from Innovative Space Logistics (ISL) are looking back on a successful and valuable trip to the US last week related to its iMDC – ISIS Modular Deployment Controller. During this trip, the compatibility of mechanical and electrical interfaces of the iMDC …

Early in the morning of the 12th of January 2018, a launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO has successfully launched a total of 31 satellites into space. The PSLV-C40 launch carried the Indian satellite Cartosat 2 Series as its main payload next to a number of small …

After returning to SHAR launch site today following an unexpected, but much appreciated New Year’s celebration with family back home for the ISL team, we resumed working on the remaining activities. During our short absence, all flight hardware was safely transferred to SP2B for our next activities. It is clear …

Following Customs clearance yesterday, today (Tuesday) the satellites on the ISILaunch21 mission got a little closer to their (final) destination. Along with related ISL-hardware, they were packed in their protective shipping cases in our cleanroom here in Delft (elevation: -1 meter). The cases were subsequently picked up by our specialized …

Following completion of bringing STEP Cube Lab. (as much as needed) to a ‘Flight ready’-status on Friday, this 1U CubeSat on Monday was accommodated in its transport-enclosure (a.k.a. TestPOD) by ISL personnel under the remote supervision of the STEP Cube Lab. team. In this enclosure, this Korean CubeSat will be …

PicSat is well on the way to being launched during the ISILaunch21 campaign. The 3U cubesat, carrying a 5cm telescope and sensitive photodiode as payload, has been fully integrated and tested, and has now been delivered for shipping to India. The PicSat project started in 2014, when it was predicted …